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Nick Sauro, his wife, Ilone, and their twins, at their home in New Rochelle, N.Y., July 11, 2021. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times) The first house was in Midvale, Utah — a three-bedroom, just over 2,100 square feet, listed for $479,000. Rob Ettaro and his girlfriend, Kaliana Veros, who had moved from western New York to Salt Lake City, drawn by career opportunities and the stunning scenery of the Wasatch Range, decided to make an offer. This was back in the wintertime, when the young… Source link

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) recently launched the subscription option for full self-driving. Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster offered his take on what this means for the company. FSD Can Move The Financial Needle: The subscription option can accelerate FSD adoption, given the cost shifts from $10,000 upfront to $200 per month, or $99 for cars that already have advanced Autopilot, Munster said in the note. This, according to the analyst, is an important step along the long-term path… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Growth, value, and rates — all in one place It was a Turnaround Tuesday on Wall Street yesterday.  After a brutal sell-off to start the week, each of the major averages gained nearly 2% on the week’s second trading day. A solid rebound after a decline in markets on Monday that perhaps felt worse than it really was.  But… Source link

Most Wall Street strategists agree that Monday’s market rout — fueled by yawning worries about the fast-spreading COVID-19 Delta variant — should serve as a wake-up call to investors who have sent stock prices to record valuations.  And they also generally agree on what could send stocks spiraling even lower from here — a subpar second quarter earnings season chock-full of concerning guidance due to the ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic.   “This market is vulnerable to a bigger… Source link

A likely summer of concerning COVID-19 Delta variant headlines sets the stage for an ugly stock market in the near-term, said Keith Lerner, Truist Advisory Services’ chief markets strategist.  “Our view is we’re seeing another corrective period within a bull market trend,” Lerner said in a note to clients after Monday’s brutal start to trading. “While the Delta variant complicates the near-term picture, and is likely to lead to a continuation of sloppy trading through the seasonally-weak… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, July 20, 2021 The stay-at-home trades comes back to life Stocks did not have a good start to the week.  On Monday all three major averages fell more than 1%, with the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) losing more than 2%. And while these declines mean the S&P 500 (^GSPC) is only 2.5% from its record, underneath the surface of… Source link

For bitcoin, a stronger dollar outlook means more people will likely prefer to hold the buck, said one analyst. Photo: AP Bitcoin fell to a 6-month low on Tuesday, breaking a key support level of $30,000. Cryptocurrencies were broadly under pressure on Tuesday morning amid a market sell-off. Analysts said a strengthening dollar and a global move to de-risk investments was hitting the asset class. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was down about 5.6% to trade at $29,834 (£21,832) on Tuesday morning in London…. Source link

The market tumbles — is this the crash Suze Orman warned about? The U.S. stock market took a gut-wrenching dive on Monday, but the big worry for investors is what still lies ahead. All three major indexes took a tumble over fears that the delta variant of COVID-19 could threaten the global recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its biggest drop of the year, falling 2.1%, while the S&P 500 fell 1.6% and the Nasdaq 1.1%. Some analysts are already worried this could be the beginning… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, July 16, 2021 A market in motion tends to stay in motion   It’s already been a strong year for the U.S. stock market.  Through Thursday’s close, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) is up 16.1% year-to-date, while the Dow (^DJI) and Nasdaq (^IXIC) are both up more than 12%.  But index-level gains, of course, don’t tell the full story of what’s happening… Source link

While the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average have continued to power to new highs seemingly everyday this summer, the small-cap Russell 2000 Index has been OK with sitting the dance out completely.  After peaking in March, strategists at Renaissance Macro Research note the Russell 2000 Index is now at new year-to-date relative lows versus the S&P 500. Over the last six months, the Russell 2000 Index — which houses smaller U.S. focused companies — is up a mere 1.9%. The S&P 500 and… Source link